Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

For OORSMEER, La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d’Accordéons will cheer up the Café. The suspendered orchestra will treat everyone to a diverse repertoire, ranging from tango and waltz to ska and music from the Balkans. Nostalgic for the good old days of the Harmonie d’Accordéon de Bruxelles (°1912), Piet Maris (Jaune Toujours) and a group of accordion aficionados go back in time with their Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d’Accordéons. The colourful gang, composed of 33 accordionists, first took to the streets for the 2002 Zinneke parade. Since then, the accordion band has made regular appearances at all sorts of events: car-free Sundays, Streetsharing Parties, festivals, neighbourhood festivities, street animation events,etc.